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Historical Event on 11/20/1981

Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
1/16/1992Prices of steel and iron decontrolled.
4/16/1934Ram Damodar Naik was born in Sangli (Maharashtra).
4/23/1987Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
12/20/1999Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party Chief, opposes signing of CTBT.
6/17/1973Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles).
3/30/1993Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
2/16/1992Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.